Jump Course Design Manual - Susan Tinder

An entire profession is devoted to designing and building jump courses, but now it can be a little easier to create your own show-quality course at home! This is a highly illustrated manual — featuring 140 colour photographs and 242 diagrams — explaining the jump components used in various horse show divisions, how course designers select the tracks to be followed, and what factors make a course more or less difficult to ride. Set out in a an easy to use, spiral bound book, this is essential for anyone who wants to fully understand the concepts of course design; a valuable training aid for those looking for inspiration when schooling or teaching riders at home.
 

• 10 Grids
• 22 Basic Gymanstics (Steering Lines, Circles, Rhythm)
• 30 Small Arena Designs
• 16 Space-Saving Configurations
• 15 Hunter Courses
• 15 Equitation Courses
• 15 Jumper Courses
• 7 Advanced Gymnastic Courses

THE AUTHOR

Susan Tinder showed Quarter Horses in her early years. She purchased what is now Tolland Falls in 2003 and continues to evolve the ranch into one of Colorado's premier equestrian facilities.